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Princeton, weaker this year than expected, lost to Colgate, 35-26, despite the efforts of their new starting quarterback junior Fred Dalzell. Colgate's quarterback Tom Paar, directed his wishbone offense masterfully and scored three touchdowns on the ground and added two more passing. Ivy League Football Standings Team W L T Dartmouth 2 0 0 Yale 2 0 0 HARVARD 2 0 0 Cornell 1 1 0 Brown 1 2 0 Princeton 0 1 1 Columbia 0 2 1 Pennsylvania...
...Jack Paar Show, 1960: Paar walks off the show because NBC has censored some terrible words he uttered on the air. The words were not really words but initials: W.C., for water closet, the British equivalent of toilet...
...each month. In two other weeks of the month, Cavett's time slot will be filled by various programs of drama, mystery, comedy and musical variety. In the remaining week it will be filled by another talk show-this one to be hosted by Late-Night Pioneer Jack Paar...
...plan is a mixed package in more ways than one. For Cavett fans, a quarter of a loaf is probably better than none. The return of the volatile and engaging Paar to regular programming for the first time since 1962 is also a plus. But an enforced rivalry between Cavett and the man who gave him his first job in TV (as a writer on Paar's late-night talk show) could be mutually damaging. Moreover, ABC seems to be violating a basic tenet of TV-that viewers are creatures of habit. The competition from NBC's Johnny...
...general improvement is partly a result of better promotion by ABC, which, until April, was niggardly in buying newspaper ads and in plugging the show on its own air time. In addition, Cavett has worked to line up stronger guests-notably Jack Paar in two refreshing 90-minute appearances and Alfred Hitchcock in another-and he himself seems to have gained in confidence, becoming looser and brighter. Says Cavett: "There's a consciousness that every minute has to count and that every utterance is under scrutiny...